The Fantasy's First MNSSH Cruise: Zombies of the Caribbean October 27, 2012

[Uk3]

Just joined only found DIS so am excited to be part of the group. really looking forward to the trip my boys love the Cruise this will be their 3 rd time,
Can't wait

DIS Name: Uk3
Stateroom: 12020
Names/Age(s) at sailing: Chris, Granny Val, Lewis(13) Elliot(13)
Where From: Newcastle Uk
Dining - late
Celebrating: gold Life!!
Recipe Exchange: yes
Lanyards yes, 4
Fish Extender (FE): yes
Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt: may be

 

[Staceyl0u]

I'm in total agreeance I think we should ask for the main pages to be changed to avoid confusion for those who are just joining? Instead of how many children taking part it could say how many people in your group, then we can play goodie bags per group but with correct amount of prizes I.e four people would have more than a two people group. Maximum 5 people like the cabins?? And ask for people to volunteer there doors for the cruise as appose to volunteering.

Any thoughts??

Also in agreeance on the cut off date maybe the end of August would be appropriate?

Sounds good!
I am a little concerned there aren't many takers so far, I think too that this will be fun for everyone. The sheet I am working on is ship trivia which will require hunting for answers around the ship, which again doesn't exclude "adult" participants, in fact the children may ned a little "help" with these too!
The sheet Staceylou is working on which is a proper scavenger hunt will be fun for everyone too, I'm sure!
As the "prize" is a goodie bag, and the entry fee is goodies to share between the bags, then if a cabin want to enter as a family, or the children want to enter on their own they can just give accordingly. Of course everyone's idea of what would constitute suffcient to give will be different, but as a general rule, I would say, give as much as you would like to find in your goodie bag If we have a cut off point much like the FE exchange, then we will know how many bags, sheets and magnets we will need, and everyone will have an idea of how many bags we will need to fill with goodies, just in case anyone intends to bring, say a chocolate bar for each bag (Mmmm Chocolate)

I am happy to provide one or two "extra" prizes for the "winners" who solve the most clues.

 

[gilsan]

Just joined only found DIS so am excited to be part of the group. really looking forward to the trip my boys love the Cruise this will be their 3 rd time,
Can't wait

DIS Name: Uk3
Stateroom: 12020
Names/Age(s) at sailing: Chris, Granny Val, Lewis(13) Elliot(13)
Where From: Newcastle Uk
Dining - late
Celebrating: gold Life!!
Recipe Exchange: yes
Lanyards yes, 4
Fish Extender (FE): yes
Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt: may be

Welcome to thread!

 

[BMICKEY]

Just joined only found DIS so am excited to be part of the group. really looking forward to the trip my boys love the Cruise this will be their 3 rd time,
Can't wait

DIS Name: Uk3
Stateroom: 12020
Names/Age(s) at sailing: Chris, Granny Val, Lewis(13) Elliot(13)
Where From: Newcastle Uk
Dining - late
Celebrating: gold Life!!
Recipe Exchange: yes
Lanyards yes, 4
Fish Extender (FE): yes
Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt: may be

Welcome! I have a 13 yr old as well! This will be his fourth Disney cruise and 3rd Halloween cruise . He loves the programs but is really into video games right now so I'm really hoping he will make some new friends...

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[gilsan]

I'm in total agreeance I think we should ask for the main pages to be changed to avoid confusion for those who are just joining? Instead of how many children taking part it could say how many people in your group, then we can play goodie bags per group but with correct amount of prizes I.e four people would have more than a two people group. Maximum 5 people like the cabins?? And ask for people to volunteer there doors for the cruise as appose to volunteering.

Any thoughts??

Also in agreeance on the cut off date maybe the end of August would be appropriate?

I changed the front page, to read that kids were not necessary for participation. I thought that to enter we had decided a bag of candy was the fee and it would be divvied up as prizes at the end. Prizes to be collected on the last sea day. We would allow half and hour to 45 minutes for prize collection.

Maybe if could summarize all the details I will update the first page. It has changed a bit since I put up the first page.

Less than 4 months.

End of August would be fine for a cut off, but since you need to give a bag of candy to participate it could be until just before the cruise. I thought that the candy could me given to the person collecting it at the meetup the first day.

Let me know if you think that sounds ok or if you had different ideas about it.

 

[DisneyOrBustColorado]

I changed the front page, to read that kids were not necessary for participation. I thought that to enter we had decided a bag of candy was the fee and it would be divvied up as prizes at the end. Prizes to be collected on the last sea day. We would allow half and hour to 45 minutes for prize collection.

Maybe if could summarize all the details I will update the first page. It has changed a bit since I put up the first page.

Less than 4 months.

End of August would be fine for a cut off, but since you need to give a bag of candy to participate it could be until just before the cruise. I thought that the candy could me given to the person collecting it at the meetup the first day.

Let me know if you think that sounds ok or if you had different ideas about it.

That all sounds good to me

It sounds like there are going to be quite a few scavenger hunt sheets out there. Do you all still want me to do the Day Of The Dead trivia sheets? Maybe it will be too much? I won't feel bad at all if you don't need or want the Day Of The Dead trivia sheets. Just let me know before I get too involved in creating them.

 

[Maddiesmum03]

I changed the front page, to read that kids were not necessary for participation. I thought that to enter we had decided a bag of candy was the fee and it would be divvied up as prizes at the end. Prizes to be collected on the last sea day. We would allow half and hour to 45 minutes for prize collection.

Maybe if could summarize all the details I will update the first page. It has changed a bit since I put up the first page.

Less than 4 months.

End of August would be fine for a cut off, but since you need to give a bag of candy to participate it could be until just before the cruise. I thought that the candy could me given to the person collecting it at the meetup the first day.

Let me know if you think that sounds ok or if you had different ideas about it.

Thanks Gilsan, the only reasons we need a cut off point ( that doesn't have to be set in stone) is so that Disneyorbustcolorado, StaceyLou and I know how many sheets and bags to provide and as a guide for everyone as to what type of candy is appropriate, for instance if I brought a multipack of say 10 bars of chocolate and there were then 20 participants it wouldn't work very well

 

[Maddiesmum03]

That all sounds good to me

It sounds like there are going to be quite a few scavenger hunt sheets out there. Do you all still want me to do the Day Of The Dead trivia sheets? Maybe it will be too much? I won't feel bad at all if you don't need or want the Day Of The Dead trivia sheets. Just let me know before I get too involved in creating them.

It's a yes please from me, thought the whole idea was to have 3 sheets together, and yours ties in very nicely with the fact that we are giving out the bags on DOTD!

 

[gilsan]

It's a yes please from me, thought the whole idea was to have 3 sheets together, and yours ties in very nicely with the fact that we are giving out the bags on DOTD!

I agree. I thought that the day of the dead was the primary scavenger hunt.

 

[gilsan]

Thanks Gilsan, the only reasons we need a cut off point ( that doesn't have to be set in stone) is so that Disneyorbustcolorado, StaceyLou and I know how many sheets and bags to provide and as a guide for everyone as to what type of candy is appropriate, for instance if I brought a multipack of say 10 bars of chocolate and there were then 20 participants it wouldn't work very well

Good point! I guess the question is how many participants do we want. One plus for an early deadline is that it won't be as overwhelming and set up and gift hand out will take less time.

You guys should decide. I am good with any cut off.

 

[Uk3]

Welcome! I have a 13 yr old as well! This will be his fourth Disney cruise and 3rd Halloween cruise . He loves the programs but is really into video games right now so I'm really hoping he will make some new friends...

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Thanks for your welcome L is into video games too it would be lovely for him to make new friends on the trip. This is the first time we have joined a meet group and are struggling with all the abbreviations Help!!! We haven't done a Halloween trip it is not big here in the UK so any help from you experts in the USA would be helpful. E who is L's twin brother has a disability and is very young for his age and would interact more easily with 8 to 11 year olds.

 

[gilsan]

Thanks for your welcome L is into video games too it would be lovely for him to make new friends on the trip. This is the first time we have joined a meet group and are struggling with all the abbreviations Help!!! We haven't done a Halloween trip it is not big here in the UK so any help from you experts in the USA would be helpful. E who is L's twin brother has a disability and is very young for his age and would interact more easily with 8 to 11 year olds.

I think it is funny that 2 of the organisers for the Halloween stuff are from the UK If you have any questions about the abbreviations just ask!

 

[gilsan]

Is anyone else here thinking about doing the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique? Georgia and I were just looking at the packages and she wants to do the Under the Sea package, so I will probably try and sign her up for it when my booking window opens in 27 days! I can't believe that is just at the end of the month.

I really have to get to work on my FE's and Halloween costumes

 

[gilsan]

I'm in total agreeance I think we should ask for the main pages to be changed to avoid confusion for those who are just joining? Instead of how many children taking part it could say how many people in your group, then we can play goodie bags per group but with correct amount of prizes I.e four people would have more than a two people group. Maximum 5 people like the cabins?? And ask for people to volunteer there doors for the cruise as appose to volunteering.

Any thoughts??

Also in agreeance on the cut off date maybe the end of August would be appropriate?

I updated the first post with a Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt section and added some details. I made the cut off date September 1.

If you would like me to add any other info or change anything let me know

 

[Uk3]

Hi : On the F.E. list we are listed as 3A's but Granny Val is just one person so it is just 2 A's Thanks

 

[gilsan]

Hi : On the F.E. list we are listed as 3A's but Granny Val is just one person so it is just 2 A's Thanks

That was me I read it as 2 people. I will fix it

 

[DisneyOrBustColorado]

Good point! I guess the question is how many participants do we want. One plus for an early deadline is that it won't be as overwhelming and set up and gift hand out will take less time.

You guys should decide. I am good with any cut off.

I am still up for the DOTD trivia sheets. I don't mind doing them at all, I just didn't want to step on any toes of other people that are coming up with such great ideas also. I think it will be fun to have all sorts of different sheets. Especially since we will have a majority of the cruise to fill them out.

I agree on having a cut off date so that I know how many papers I need to have printed. I also need to know who will volunteer their room doors for answer magnets to the DOTD scavenger hunt. So if people don't mind keeping magnets on their doors for me please sign up & let me know your room number. (maybe if gilsan doesn't mind, she can track this on the opening page). I need this because I plan to put a map on the back side of the trivia sheets telling people where they can find answers/hints. I may put more than one answer on a single door in case one goes missing off of another door. I will also try & create multiple magnets with the same answers so that the people who have volunteered their doors can be responsible for replacing the magnets if they go missing? I will bring all of this with me to the meet up on the first night so that I can hand them out to everyone. I do kind of need a list of stateroom numbers from people that volunteer to put magnets on their doors. Like I said this is all so that I can create the map on the back side of the trivia sheet.

I also have signed myself up to create little tags to go in the lanyards. That way we can write the dis name & the real name of the person on each tag and it will be easy to identify people. I am kind of waiting to be sure that we have requests for 100 lanyards to be sure that we are going to be able to put in the order for them. So far it looks like we have 68 lanyards spoken for. We will need 32 more. Be sure & sign up soon if you want one. After those last 32 are spoken for we may not be able to easily order more than 100. The next step up is 250 lanyards.

 

[gilsan]

I am still up for the DOTD trivia sheets. I don't mind doing them at all, I just didn't want to step on any toes of other people that are coming up with such great ideas also. I think it will be fun to have all sorts of different sheets. Especially since we will have a majority of the cruise to fill them out.

I agree on having a cut off date so that I know how many papers I need to have printed. I also need to know who will volunteer their room doors for answer magnets to the DOTD scavenger hunt. So if people don't mind keeping magnets on their doors for me please sign up & let me know your room number. (maybe if gilsan doesn't mind, she can track this on the opening page). I need this because I plan to put a map on the back side of the trivia sheets telling people where they can find answers/hints. I may put more than one answer on a single door in case one goes missing off of another door. I will also try & create multiple magnets with the same answers so that the people who have volunteered their doors can be responsible for replacing the magnets if they go missing? I will bring all of this with me to the meet up on the first night so that I can hand them out to everyone. I do kind of need a list of stateroom numbers from people that volunteer to put magnets on their doors. Like I said this is all so that I can create the map on the back side of the trivia sheet.

I also have signed myself up to create little tags to go in the lanyards. That way we can write the dis name & the real name of the person on each tag and it will be easy to identify people. I am kind of waiting to be sure that we have requests for 100 lanyards to be sure that we are going to be able to put in the order for them. So far it looks like we have 68 lanyards spoken for. We will need 32 more. Be sure & sign up soon if you want one. After those last 32 are spoken for we may not be able to easily order more than 100. The next step up is 250 lanyards.

I can keep a list of volunteers, but IMO if you want to participate you should be willing to put magnets on your door. If anyone has a big issue with it they can let us know and we remove you from the list. We will make it an opt out vs opt in. Depending on # we may not need everyone to have a magnet on their door.

I think that the cut off for lanyards should be 100. I can't see that we will make it to 250. If enough people are interested after the initial 100 we could do another run of 100, but the cost would probably be higher than the initial 100.

 

[smudge]

I really have to get to work on my FE's and Halloween costumes

Get to work......! We havent even started yet!!

Time to pull our thumbs out of our preverbal and get started me thinks...

 

[gilsan]

Get to work......! We havent even started yet!!

Time to pull our thumbs out of our preverbal and get started me thinks...